Skirt.



K. JOHNSON.

SKIRT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1914,

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

KATHERINE JOHN SON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of team 2mm. 1 Application filed February 20, 19 i 5. o- 819, 8.

Patented 0%.,20, 19.14.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KATHERINE JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in skirts, and one of the objects of the same is to provide an improved skirt of the divided character, which may be readily converted from a garment having the appearance of a regular skirt, into a garment to produce trousers effect, whereby the garment may be worn in any manner to suit the occasion, and the convenience and comfort of the wearer, and as the necessity may require.

To the attainment of these ends, and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty, in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the ac-,

companying drawing illustrating the inven.-. tion, and in which: I

Figure 1 is an elevation of the front of an improved skirt of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the skirt shown in Fig. 1, and showing the sections of the skirt partially separated; Fig. 8 is a front elevation, showing the sections of the skirt partially separated and each section fastened together to produce trousers efi'ect. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing one manner of folding and secur-. ing one of the sections to produce one of the legs of the trousers. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the skirt with the back open and showing the open crotch portion, and also showing the side opening to facilitate putting on or taking oil of the skirt. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 66, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7-7, Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8-8, Fig. 3. Figs. 9 and 10 are views similar to Figs. 6, 7 and 8 showing different manners of wearing the garment.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and in the present exemplification of this invention, the skirt is constructed of two sections 15, 16, formed bydividing' the skirt lengthwise from the waist line 17 tothe bot tom of the garment, and these two sections .have secured to adjacent edges thereof, c0-

desired suitable fastening devices 22, may

be omitted if desired.

.27, to facilitate applyin though any fastening devices suitable for the purpose may be employed.

Secured to each of the sections 15, 16, and ortions 19, 20, to produce leg portions, and these intermediate portlons 19, 20 are shaped to form an open crotch portion 21, the edges of which open to be overlapped, and if he provided for securing the open portion closed, although these fastening devices may Arranged in the sides of the skirt are pocket opemn s 23, 24, connected with which are pockets 25, 26, and the pocket openmgs are arranged some distance from the waist line 17, p i the ordinary side pockets usually found in trousers.

The portion of the skirt between the topof the pocket opening 2 3,'and the waist line 17,-(see particularly Fig. 5), is open as at and removing of the skirt, and the sides 9 the pockets 25 are secured respectively to the open portions of the skirt. Suitable fastening devices 28 may be provided for securingthe side of the skirt closed, and-in the present exemplification of this invention, these fastening devices are shown in the form of buttons and button holes, although any suitable fastening devices suitable for the purpose may be employed. 4

In use the sections 15 and 16 may be so.- cured together as shown in Fig. 1 and the garment may then be worn as a skirt. When it is desired, the sections 15, 16 may be separated for any desired height from the bottom of the skirt, and one edge of one section may be secured to the other edge of the samesection as shown in Figs. 3 and 8 to produce the trousers efl'ect, and in this instance the inner portions 19, 20 may be folded in any convenient or comfortable manner. The skirt may also be worn as shown in Fig. 2, by allowing the separated sections to hang naturally, to produce the effect as also shown in Fig. 7, or the rear edges of the sections 15, 16 may be secured:

together as shown in Fig. 9, while the front edges of the sections are detached or-separated. In this instance'the forward edge of the rear section maybe folded so as to be fastened to the rear section as shown in Fig.

and are in the nature ofand when so worn, obviously extra fastening devices 29 are required. J When these fastening devices are used, especially when the buttons and button holes are employed, and in order to prevent the button holes from being worked in the section so ,as .to be visible from the rear, the button holes and extra set of buttons may be provided in flaps, which latter are attached to the garment. Another mode of wearing the apparel is as .in Fig. 10, that is with therear edges of the sections secured together and the front edges of the sections open or detached. In all forms of the skirt, it will be manifest that freedom and ease of movement are permissible while the limbs of the wearer will be protected.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 4 there is provided a portion 30 which is secured to the lower edges of the skirt, in the nature of a cuff or trimming and is secured by. means of stitching 31. The ends 32 of this portion 30 are detached or free and are fastened to the skirt by means of suitable fastening devices 33 hereshown as buttons. When it is desired to employ this portion as a means for connecting the edges of the respective sections together to produce trousers, the free edges of these portions are first detached, and then the section folded as shown in Fig. 4, and the free edge of the portion 30 is then fastened to suitable fastening devices, on the opposite edge of the same section as shown in Fig. 4. This portion 30 may be arranged either on the outside or the inside of the skirt, but is here shown as being arranged on the outside. This portion also serves another function, to wit: as a pocket in which articles may be concealed. In this instance the stitching 31 is so arranged that the edge 34 will be detached from the section 15, forming the pocket, and a fastening device 35 such as a button or the like may be provided to hold the pocket closed, and may be so arranged as to represent an ornament, so that the attention will not be directed to this portion 30 as constituting a pocket.

While the preferred form of the invention is herein described, and the preferred manner of wearing the same is also shown herein, it is to be understood that the garment may be worn in many different ways, and many changes in the details of construction and in arrangement of the parts may be made, within the scope of the claims, with out departing from the spirit of this invention, and pockets may be arranged Wherever desired, such for instance as the pockets 36, 37, some of whichmay open through the front of the garment, and others arranged to be concealed by the garment.

What is claimed as new is 2-- 1. A skirt of the character described, di-

vided at the front and back to produce two. connected sections, an interior portion for.

each section, the edges of the interior portions being connected with the, inner c ges of the respective sections and cooperating therewith to form leg portions, the upper portion of said interlor portions bem shaped to cooperate to form an open crotc portion, fastening devices forisccuring the crotch portion closed, and means whereby the edges of one of the said sections may be secured directly to the respective adjacent edges of the other section to produce a skirt form, the edges of each section being also adapted to be secured one directly to the other to conceal and inclose the said interior portions to convert the garment from a skirt form into a trousers form.

2. A skirt of the character described, divided at the front and back to produce two connected sections, an interior portion for each section, the edges of the interior portion being connected with the inner edges of the respective sections and coiiperating therewith to'form leg ortions, the upper portion of said interior portions being shaped to cooperate to form an open crotch portion, fastening devices for securing the crotch portion closed, and separable fastening means extending along the edges of the two sections, the fastening means along the edges of one section directly cooperating with the fastening means along the respective adjacent edges of the other section to separably secure the two sections one directly to the other to produce a skirt form, and the fastening devices along the edges of each section adapted to cooperate with each other to inclose the said inner portions and convert the garment from a skirt form into a trousers form.

3. A skirt of the character described, divided at the front and back to produce two connected sections, an interior portion for each section, the edges of said portions being connected directly with the respective inner edges of the respective sections and cooperating therewith to form leg portions, the upper portion of said interior portions bein shaped to cooperate to form an open crotc portion, fastenin devices for securing the crotch ortion c osed, means whereby the edges 0 one of the said sections may be secured directly to the respective adjacent edges of the other section to produce a skirt form, the edges of each sectlon being also adapted to be secured one directly to the other to inclose the respective inner portions and to convert the garment from a skirt form into a trousers form, pocket openings extending through the said sections, and pockets connected with the openings and disposed inside of the garment.

4. A skirt of the character described, divided at the front and back to produce two connectedsections, an interior portion for each section, thesedgespf. said portions .be.-..

ing secured directly to the respective edges of the respective sections to form leg portions the upper part of said portions being detached and she ed to form an open crotch portion, the e ges of which crotch portion are adapted to overlap, fastening devices extending along the edges of the said sections, the fastening devices on the edges of each section ada ted to cooperate to secure the ad'acent e ges of the sections one directly to t 0 other to produce a skirt form, and to be detached to convert the garment into a divided skirt, pocket openings in each of the said sections, and pockets connected viith the openings and arranged within the s irt.

5. A skirt of the character described divided at the front and back to produce two connected sections, an interior portion for each section, the edges of said portions connected with the edges of the sections to form leg portions, the upper part of said portions belng detached and shaped to form an open crotch portion, the edges of which crotch portion are adapted to overlap, fastening devices extendin along the edges of the said sections an adapted to codperate to secure the adjacent edges of the sections one directly to the other to produce a skirt form,

and to be detached to convert the garment into a divided skirt, and a portion attached to each of the sections ad'acent the bottom thereof, one end of each 0 said portions being detachably connected with the respective sections adjacent one edge of the latter, the detachable end of the last said portion being ada ted to be fastened directly to the other e e of the respective section, to take up or f0 (1 the said interior portion to convert the garment from its divlded skirt form to its trousers form.

6. A skirt of the character described, divided at the front and back to produce two connected sections, an interior portion for each section, the edges of the interior portions being connected with the inner edges of the respective sections and cooperating therewith to' form leg portions, the upper extremities of the interior portions being connected to form a crotch portion, and means whereby the edges of one of said sections may be secured directly to the respective edges of the other section to produce a skirt form the edges of each section being also adapted to be secured one directly to the other to conceal and inclose the said interior portions, to convert the garment from a skirt into a trousers form.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 18th day of February A. D. 1914.

KATHERINE JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

CLAYTON-W. Mose, J. H. JOGHUM, Jr. 

